I was just wondering what everyone was planning for New Year's Eve? Are there any special traditions that you share with friends or family??

We're having dinner with my brother and his wife. We'll pick on some goodies first, and then have drinks and dinner. We'll pop open some bubbly and hoist a few glasses at midnight, but I will admit that the bacchanalian celebrations of the past are just that - in the past.

New Year's is always bittersweet for me. My dad's birthday was January 1st, so I always called him at midnight to sing Happy Birthday. Those few minutes after midnight on New Year's is when I miss him most, but it's nice to be spending it with the ones that I love most in the world.

Work until 10, then I'll probably burn through an eighth of weed with my cousin in my aunt's basement while the rest of my family drinks champagne and talks about Saddam Hussein.

Probably going to see the band Dramarama for the umpteenth time, but for the first time on New Years.


P.S. Two people cannot smoke an 8th of weed in one night. Nice try.

I'm spending it with my parents, as always.

Ohhh yes they can. Belieeeeeve me.

Geoffy, I could go through an eighth all by lonesome in one night. Whatchu smokin', Tink?

Hey i wanna wish everyone a happy new year... Its a been while since my last time here, Its quiet good to see ( or read LOL) faces i didnt seen in a while... HAPPY 2007 TO ALL.


Ange.

Back in the "old" days my husband and I would always make New Year's Eve reservations far in advance to a nice restaurant with dinner, dancing and drinking :). The only downside was in Michigan, you never knew what the weather would be like. I remember driving through some pretty blizzardy icy weather.

My how things have changed.


I will be going out to an early dinner tomorrow and then will be babysitting my grandkids so my daughter and son-in-law can go out to dinner and a movie. I'm looking forward to it. Then New Year's Day I'm making dinner for my family.

Have a Happy and safe New Year everyone!

TIS

Angie, how are you? Nice to see you back!

Btw, how much is an 8th of weed these days??? 8th of a joint, 8th of an ounce, 8th of a kilo??

Oh JG, it must have been crazy in your day.

To tell the truth, most places are such a ripoff on New Year's that we prefer to stay home. And most of the people in the restaurants and bars are such jerks (they don't call it amateur night for nothing), that I'd rather have Mr. Babe mix me up some martinis and enjoy them in the living room.

Don't I sound like a barrel of fun??

Hey there.. I´m doing quiet good... thanks for ask.. I´d hope everything is doin great with u too TIS.. have a great 2007.. hugsss.

Ange

TIS, I don't know what everyone else's interpretation is here, but I was talking about an eighth of an ounce, which goes for about $20 (for schwaggy stuff) to about $40 (50 for really good stuff) around here (or so I hear :p)

Ange, good to see an old face.. hope you stick around

Not exactly sure what my plans are going to be yet (too far ahead), but I'm sure it will include me, and alcohol. And tonight I'm going to see an independent horror flick debut by myself, Hatchet Jack (sounds amazingly cheesy, no?)

Hey bogey nice to see ya around 2 gurl.. about my plans.. I´ll have some dinner with the family and then go out with some friends and VODKA lol

Banana daiquiris and red headed Yolandas !

Well I'll be watching some football.

Then after that I'll probably watch some movies. I never go out anymore, it's much safer to stay home. I always know how much I can have before it's no loner safe for me to drive, the problem is all the other idiots.

Like SB, my nights of getting dressed up, hitting a nightclub or one of those outrageously priced ballroom packages with dinner, open bar and a band are in the past.

My family hosted a holiday party tonight where friends came over to eat, drink, watch football and share a few laughs. We'll be doing it again on New Years Eve at another friend's home, which is within walking distance. By 1:00 AM I'll be home watching some Twilight Zone. I always enjoy the post-midnight calm when I get home.

SB hit the nail on the head as this is truly amateur night. A lot of inexperienced and young drinkers will be out on the town. Please drive defensively this night.

On New Year's Day I prepare a big pork and sauerkraut dinner with mounds of buttery mashed potatoes, a medley of carrots and snow peas, salad and fresh baked rolls. Having pork on New Year's Day, according to tradition, is supposed to bring good luck. While I'm not German, I live in an area that has felt the influence of the Pennsylvania Dutch, and have developed a taste for this meal.

I'll also watch a lot of football and perhaps take down a Christmas decoration or two.

Well.

"From what I hear" that's kinda cheap! I've "heard of" people paying up to $300/ 8th for *really* good chit. Last I heard, around here, it's about $60 for decent stuff. Not that I'd know anything about that, though....

...but y'all are still fulla crap going thru an 8th in one night! (cuz that ONLY tells me how little you know how much an 8th is -- OR -- if you can, somehow, smoke that much, it must be pretty damn poor shit) ...from what I hear

That $300 for an eigthth sounds more like an 8-ball price.

From what I heard, anyway.

If one is a very heavy, regular Midnight Toker, then it really wouldn't be much of a feat to do an eighth. But, if one is at that point, then one has (more than likely) built up such a tolerance that really good weed would be wasted (no pun intended) on that poor unfortunate.

To quote the Joe Walsh album: The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get.

Or, so I've heard.

Signor V.

My G/F and i are entertaining my family for the evening,won't be a crazy night as got to be up early for work,

Happy New Year Everyone

So the days of nickel and dime ($5 and $10) bags are over?? My, my, how inflation has hit!! Back in college, you could buy a quarter of a POUND for about $250 (or so I've HEARD), and it was pretty decent stuff. Of course, as DMC knows, when I went to college, the classes were held in caves and we wrote on stone tablets....

Back in the "Stoner" Age, an average bag (one ounce) was $10.00 and usually not real kick ass stuff, so they say :D). However, some good stuff would could run $40/60 dollars an ounce, but all you'd need is just a couple tokes (or so I'm told )


TIS

TIS, I was told the same thing!!

We must be talking to the same people then. See how quickly the word spreads?


TIS

From one coast to the other, TIS. Btw, that's not the secret ingredient in your meatballs, is it?? Come to think of it, it would keep them coming back for more, though.

Spending it with the family, watching TV, drinking beer

"From one coast to the other, TIS. Btw, that's not the secret ingredient in your meatballs, is it?? Come to think of it, it would keep them coming back for more, though."



OMG!! I thought that was basil!



TIS

My wife and I are going to a neighbor's for a gathering of some couples we know. I call it a "gathering" because, at our age, "party" no longer applies.

I spent the new year's eve with my parents, sister and her family